Combined ironing-table and washing-machine



(No Model.)

' W. HILTON. V COMBINED momma TABLE AND WASHING MACHINE.

No. 496,655. Patented May 2, 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

YVILLIAM HILTON, OF DU BOIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED IRONING-TABLE AND WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,655, dated May 2,1893.

Application filed January 21, 1893 $erial No. 459,152. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HILTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Du Bois, in the county of Clearfield and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Combined Ironing-Table andWashing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combined ironing tables andwashing machines.

The object of the present invention is to provide a combined ironingtable and washing machine, which may be readily arranged for ironing,and in which the ironing board may be folded compactly out of the wayduring the operation of washing.

The invention consists in the construction .and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined ironingtable and washing machine, the ironing board being folded back out ofthe way. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of'the same, theironing board being arranged to form an ironing table.

Like numerals of reference indicate correspondin g parts in both thefigures of the drawcleats 10, which are secured to the lowerfaceof anironing board 11 and arranged transversely of the latter. The ironingboard is adapted to be arranged horizontally on top of the frame asillustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings,and to be swungbackward at the rear side of the frame, when not in use, to enableaccess to be readily had to the washing cylinder.

One end of the ironing board is provided with a hinged taperingextension board 12 which is adapted when the ironing boardv is not inuse to be folded against the lower face of the board 11, and theadjacent cleat 10 is provided with a recess 13 'to permit the extensionboard or leaf 12 to fold compactly. The extension board or leaf issupported in a horizontal position when the ironing board is in use byan inclined brace 14: having its lower end hingedly connected by screweyes 15 with one of the bottom rails 5 of the frame; and the upper end16 is beveled and-is adapted to engage a recess or notch 17 in the lowerface of the extension board or leaf 12. The brace 14. when in use isinclined, and it is composed of two sections connected by a hinge 18arranged on the inner faces of the sections, whereby the pressuredownward exerted by the extension leaf or board will prevent the bracefrom swinging inward.

It will be seen that the combined ironing table and washing machine issimple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and that it may bereadily arranged for either washing or ironing.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle, or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim iS 1. In acombined ironing table and washing machine, arectangular frame consisting of corner posts connected by suitablelongitudinal rails and transverse bars, which support the body of thewashing machine, the upper transverse bars being provided withextensions, an ironing board provided with transverse cleats on itslower face hinged to said extensions, one of said cleats being providedwith arecess,a hinged leaf or extension at one side of the ironing boardadjusted to fold compactly against the lower face of the board and tofit in the recess of the cleat, and a support for holding the saidextension in a horizontal position, substantially as described.

2. In a combined ironing table and washing machine, a rectangular frameconsisting of corner posts connected by suitable longitudinal rails andtransverse bars which support the body of the washing machine, an

ironing board provided with transverse cleats sections hingedlyconnected for folding, subon its lower face hinged to the uppertransstantially as described.

verse bars, one of the cleats being provided In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as with a recess, a hinged leaf or extension at my own Ihave hereto affixed my mark in the I 5 5 one side of the ironing boardadjusted to fold presence of two witnesses.

compactly against the lower face of the board and to fit in the recessof the cleat, and pro- WILLIAM HILTON vided on its lower face with anotch, and a mark o brace hingedly connected at its lower end toWitnesses: To the frame and having its upper end beveled JOSEPHGOODYEAR,

to engage said notch and composed of two A. L. TOZIER.

